#C8423D#C8423D

#C8423D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8423D
RGB	rgb(200, 66, 61)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 52.77, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 62.13, 31.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1535 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.171 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6128, 16.5165, 6.2007)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8423D #3DC3C8

analogous

#C83D7D #C8423D #C8873D

triadic

#C8423D #3DC842 #423DC8

tetradic

#C8423D #7DC83D #3DC3C8 #873DC8

square

#C8423D #7DC83D #3DC3C8 #873DC8

split-complementary

#C8423D #3DC887 #3D7DC8

monochromatic

#6C211F #9C302C #C8423D #D6706D #E39F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C8423D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C8423D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8423D

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8423D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8423D	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8423d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 66, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07e73',
    500: '#c8423d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8423d;
$custom-light: #e07e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8423d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56894,
    "c": 0.17111,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8423D

secondary

#92CDCF

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8423D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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